Spotted Landing

While an Atlantic Puffin's wings are wonderful for diving underwater for up to 200 feet, flying through the air is a bit more challenging. If this puffin looks a little nervous about his landing, it probably is as they seem to bounce at least once or twice upon hitting the ground. Thank goodness for soft green grass.

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Comment by rahul raju on December 10, 2011 at 9:36am: wow awesome shot

Comment by Georgy M Mathew on December 7, 2011 at 12:06am: Good shot.

Comment by Prasun Biswas on December 3, 2011 at 11:24am: wonderful shot...

Comment by sitansu on December 3, 2011 at 5:18am: nice shot !

Comment by m anas on December 1, 2011 at 7:43pm: nice

Comment by Gary Vernon on November 30, 2011 at 3:28am: Great shot Matt,

i'm surprised you haven't got some of this series published on 1x.com yet, they are superb :)

Comment by johan van der velden on November 29, 2011 at 2:29am: another great picture of these birds !

Comment by Cathy Brown on November 28, 2011 at 6:24pm: Beautiful photo!

Comment by John Read on November 28, 2011 at 12:22pm: Nicely captured, Matt!

Comment by Steve Barr on November 28, 2011 at 11:58am: Nice action shot Matt !... i've seen a few aircraft adopt the same philosophy on landing...

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